The children did not remain children long. Boys of seven or eight went to work in the fields... Girl children of ten or eleven sent out into service... (Flora Thompson)

The children did not remain children long. Boys of seven or eight went to work in the fields... Girl children of ten or eleven sent out into service...

Flora Thompson

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